Terry Prone: Ranulph Fiennes' entrapment in nursing home is a tragedy
You don't have to revere the former SAS man turned explorer to recognise that his reduction to every older person's worst fear is wrong
Ranulph Fiennes in Aconcagua, Lower Valley during his Global Reach challenge in 2017. It has been reported that he is 'being deprived of his liberty unlawfully' in a care home.
A confession is appropriate, first of all, on the reverence question. I have none of it for Ranulph Fiennes. None, and here’s why.
Exploring made sense in those centuries when it held the promise of new treasures, new cultures, new routes. Absent all of those, it’s just self-sought stress alleviated with awards and public coverage.
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